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FOR THE SAKE of PEGGY 

A CHILD WELFARE PLAY 
In One Act 



BY 

RAGNA B. ESKIL 

AUTHOR OF 

[unt Harriet's Night Out," "America in the Making," "Betty's 
and Bobby's Christmas." "Lottie Sees It Through" 
"Who's the Boss?" Etc. 




CHICAGO 

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FOR THE SAKE OF PEGGY 

CHARACTERS. 

Mrs. Thompson The Social Leader of Clinton 

Mrs. Lennox. .Chairman of the Child Welfare Committee 
Mrs. Black. . . .A Nezvcomer, Interested in Child Welfare 
Mrs. Casey. . . .Who Always Agrees zvith Mrs. Thompson 
Mrs. Strath more. . .A Wealthy Friend of Mrs. Thompson 

Mary Her Daughter 

Peggy Mrs. Thompson s Daughter 

Annie The Thompsons' Maid 

Mrs. Stanika One of the Mill Women 

Joseph Her Son 

Miss Sims A Trained Nurse 

Miss Brown 4 Teacher 

Ten to Twenty Children {or more) between the ages of 
four to six years. 



Place — The Living Room of the Thompson Home. 



Time — The Present. Any Afternoon in the School Year. 



Time of Playing — About Forty-five Minutes. 



COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY RAGNA B. ESKIL, 

^ TMP96-00729i 

©G1.D 5(^154 
DEC -2 1920 



FOR THE SAKE OF PEGGY 3 

COSTUMES AND CHARACTERISTICS. 

Mrs. Thompson — A woman of about thirty-five. She is 
one of those charming, gracious women who are very set 
in their notions against a thing, but whose influence is worth 
winning. She wears a pretty afternoon dress. 

Mrs. Lennox — An efficient, kindly woman, older than 
Mrs. Thompson. She wears a well-tailored suit. 

Mrs. Black — A young newcomer in town. She wears a 
pretty street dress. 

Mrs. Casey — Fat and jolly and with a habit of agreeing 
with the most influential person present. She is rather 
dowdy in her dress. 

Mrs. Strath more — A strikingly pretty young woman, 
very richly dressed. She carries a handbag with the chart 
in it. 

Mary — A rosy-cheeked, healthy girl of about six. She 
is dressed in a plain, well-made serge or linen dress and a 
simple hat. 

Peggy — A delicate girl of about five. She is dressed in 
white and has a white wool shawl about her shoulders. 

Annie — She wears the regulation maid's black dress and 
white apron. 

Mrs. Stanika — She is not dowdy, but is dressed to look 
"foreign." She wears a shawl instead of a hat on her 
head. 

Joseph — A frail looking boy of five or six. His mother 
is proud of his "American" clothes and he looks quite 
dressed up. 

Miss Sims — Regulation nurse's costume. 

Miss Brown — Wears a school dress and hat. 

The children, both boys and girls, should be dressed in 
every-day school clothes. If the play is supposed to take 
place in the winter time, then, if the stage is large enough, 
they may come in with their hats and coats, and remove 
them immediately on entering. 



FOR THE SAKE OF PEGGY 



SPECIAL PROPERTIES 



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An easy chair; a Child Welfare chart with stars on it for 
Mary ; smaller charts for the school children, including two 
extra ones for Peggy and Joseph. 

This may be the closing feature of a child welfare 
contest, if desired. As an advertisement for the contest, it 
might be announced that the twenty children (or more, if 
the stage is large enough to accommodate them) between 
the ages of four and six, who pass the highest Child Wel- 
fare tests of height and weight and general health, will be 
allowed to take part in the play, and the girl who has the 
highest number of points will take the part of Mary. 
Enough time of course should elapse between the ending 
of the contest and the performance of the play to allow 
for drilling the children. 

The dialogue of the children on pages 19-20 can be 
changed to suit the local needs. 



STAGE DIRECTIONS. 

R. means right of stage ; C, center ; R. C, right center ; 
L., left ; up stage, away from footlights ; down stage, near 
footlights. The actor is supposed to be facing the audience. 



FOR THE SAKE OF PEGGY 



Scene: The living room of the Thompson home. This 
is a well-furnished room of good taste end charm. It is 
very comfortable and there are several vases of Howers. 
A large easy chair is at the lower right and there are at least 
six other chairs. The door to the front hall is at the left 
and the door to the dining room is at the right. 

The curtain rises on an empty stage. The door bell rings 
at the left. Annie enters from the right, crosses the stage 
and returns ushering in Mrs. Lennox and Mrs. Black. 
Mrs. Lennox is an austere but kind-hearted woman of 
about forty. She is a frequent visitor at the Thompson 
home, and Annie, who is of the better class of maid, ad- 
mires her greatly. Mrs. Black is a newcomer in the town. 
She is an up-to-date woman of perhaps thirty-five. 

Annie. Won't you take seats? (Mrs. Lennox and 
Mrs. Black take seats near the front.) I'll call Mrs. 
Thompson right away. She's upstairs with Peggy. 

Mrs. Lennox. Peggy's not sick again? 

Annie. Just one of her spells. 

Mrs. Lennox (half rising). Oh, then, we won't stay, 
Annie. Tell Mrs. Thompson we'll come again. 

Annie. Oh, it isn't anything serious. Peggy's dressed 
and sitting up and the nurse is with her. Mrs. Thompson 
won't like it if I don't call her. 

Mrs. Lennox (settling back in her chair). Well, tell 
Mrs. Thompson I've brought Mrs. Black, who has just 
moved here f ro.m Coleman, with me, and that we want to see 
her about the Child Welfare Station. Tell her we won't 
keep her long. 

Annie. Yes, ma'am. (She starts toward the door at 
the left and then turns abruptly zcifh her hands clasped im- 
ploringly.) Oh, Mrs. Lennox, you'll get her to help with 
the Child Welfare, won't you? 



6 FOR THE SAKE OF PEGGY 

Mrs. Lennox. Why, Annie, what does it mean to you ? 

Annie. Oh, I know I shouldn't talk, but it's for the 
women at the mill. Mrs. Thompson won't let them bring 
their children to the Child Welfare examinations at the 
school. And, believe me, those women need to learn how 
to take care of their kids. 

Mrs. Lennox (half to herself). So that's why we don't 
get any response from the mill women. 

Annie. Yes, ma'am, that's why. Mrs. Thompson says 
if the women bring their children to the Child Welfare, then 
it looks as if the mill ain't taking the proper interest in 
them. 

Mrs. Lennox. But that isn't right. Child Welfare Is for 
every one — rich and poor alike. 

Annie. Yes, I know, but that's what Mrs. Thompson 
don't understand. She thinks it's charity. Oh, I know I 
shouldn't be talking this way, but just yesterday there was 
a mill woman come here with her little boy, and he was aw- 
fully pale and weak looking. I shouldn't have let her in, but 
I did, and she wanted to take the little boy to the Child Wel- 
fare, but Mrs. Thompson said she shouldn't. Mrs. Thomp- 
son's awfully sweet, but I wish you could make her see this 
thing right. But I mustn't stand here talking. (She hastily 
goes out.) 

Mrs. Black (looking about the room). I don't see how 
anyone so monstrous can live in such a charming place. 

Mrs. Lennox. Oh, you have the wrong idea entirely. 
Mrs. Thompson isn't monstrous. On the contrary, she is 
one of the sweetest, most charming women you ever met. 
Only, like some sweet and charming women, she is very set 
in her ideas, and she has quite taken it into her head, as 
Annie said, that Child Welfare is a charity affair, and hence 
rich people have nothing to do with it, and as for the mill 
people — well, Mr. Thompson, as you doubtless have heard, 
has instituted admirable working conditions, and she holds 
that a Child Welfare Station here would seem to Indicate 
that the workers needed outside help. So she's opposed, 
and so long as she stands against it we won't get far, while 



FOR THE SAKE OF PEGGY 7 

if we win her over, she'll make the station a big success 
from the start. 

Mrs. Black. Has she only this one child? 

Mrs. Lennox. Yes, Peggy's the only child and they both 
think the world of her. 

Mrs. Black. Is she an invalid? 

Mrs. Lennox. Oh, no, she's merely delicate. To tell you 
the truth, I think if Peggy were not pampered so much, she 
would be better. But they have a trained nurse for her all 
the time, and — 

Mrs. Black (whose seat faces the left door). Sh — 
someone's coming. 

Mrs. Thompson enters. She is very charming and gra- 
cious in manner. Both Mrs. Lennox and Mrs. Black 
rise. 

Mrs. Thompson {holding out her hand to Mrs. Len- 
nox). Oh, this is delightful of you to come. 

Mrs. Lennox. Mrs. Thompson, this is Mrs. Black. The 
Blacks have just moved here from Coleman. Mrs. Black 
was interested in Child Welfare work there, and — 

Mrs. Thompson {shaking hands zvitJi Mrs. Black). 
Well, even if you are interested in Child Welfare, I am glad 
to know you, Mrs. Black. With my little girl so delicate as 
she is, and with my work among the people at the mill, I 
don't get around to calling on all the charming people who 
come to town. But won't you be seated? (jNIrs. Lennox 
and Mrs. Black take their chairs again and Mrs. Thomp- 
son seats herself near them.) Oh, dear, I know by the way 
Mrs. Lennox is acting that she is the chairman of some 
committee or something, and that she has designs on me. 

Mrs. Lennox (smiling). I have; but first how is Peggy 
today? 

Mrs. Thompson (her face clouding). I don't know. Dr. 
Merritt can't find anything organically wrong with her, but 
she's so weak and listless all the time that it makes me quite 
worried. I — 

Annie comes in from the left, followed closely by Mrs. 
Casey. Mrs. Casey speaks zvith a brogue. 



8 FOR THE SAKE OF PEGGY 

Annie. Mrs. Casey, ma'am. (She goes out.) 

Mrs. Casey. It's just me, Mrs. Thompson. (Mrs. 
Thompson rises.) How do, Mrs. Lennox. {She looks in- 
quiringly at Mrs. Black.) 

Mrs. Thompson. This is Mrs. Black, Mrs. Casey. (Mrs. 
Black acknowledges the greeting.) 

Mrs. Casey (shaking hands). I'm pleased to meet you, 
Mrs. Black. You live down in the second house from 
the corner with the green shutters on F Street, don't 
you? And your husband's the new man at the bank, ain't 
he? Well, I hope you like our city. (To Mrs. Thompson, 
in a mournful tone.) How is your little Peggy today, Mrs. 
Thompson? That's what I come to inquire about. I say 
it ain't no more than neighborly to ask how your neighbors 
be when they're ailing. 

Mrs. Thompson. Thank you, Mrs. Casey, for your kind- 
ness. Peggy isn't very well, I'm sorry to say. 

Mrs. Casey (shaking her head). The poor child! I do 
hope you'll be able to raise her. 

Mrs. Thompson. Why, Mrs. Casey! 

Mrs. Casey. Well, I was just saying to Mrs. Murphy 
the other day when Peggy was out for a drive with her 
nurse, that she was so weak and white looking, wouldn't 
it be too bad if the Thompsons with all their money couldn't 
raise her. 

Mrs. Thompson. Oh, Mrs. Casey! 

Mrs. Lennox. What nonsense, Mrs. Casey. Peggy is 
delicate, but there's nothing so alarming about her condition. 

Mrs. Casey (heaving a sigh and seating herself without 
being asked. Mrs. Thompson resumes her seat.) Oh, I 
hope you're right, Mrs. Lennox, I hope you're right. I've 
buried seven children myself, and folks might think I'd be 
a pessimist, but I says it aiift no use for to give up hope 
until the very end. (Cheerfully.) That's my philosophy of 
life — don't give up hope until the end. And I tell you what, 
Mrs. Thompson, us mothers need all the philosophy of life 
we can get when our children are ailing, don't we? 



FOR THE SAKE OF PEGGY 9 

Mrs. Thompson. Oh, but Peggy's going to get well. 
{Desperately.) She must get well — she's all we have. 

Mrs. Lennox {anxiously). There's nothing new that's 
wrong with Peggy, is there? 

Mrs. Thompson. No. Dr. Merritt had a specialist come 
from Chicago only last Tuesday to look her over, and he 
says there's nothing wrong with her organically. He says 
what she needs is building up and more outdoor exercise 
and more interest in things. He prescribed a special diet 
for her, but Peggy doesn't like milk or eggs, or cereal or 
bread, and when Miss Sims, the nurse, tries to get her to 
eat them, she cries. I don't know what we're going to do. 
The specialist laid such emphasis upon those particular 
foods, too. 

Mrs. Lennox {eagerly). Perhaps if she'd get interested 
in the Child Welfare contests at the school — 

Mrs. Thompson. Yes, the specialist said something 
about that, too, but {raising her hands) don't talk Child 
Welfare to me. Not that I wouldn't be interested and do 
everything for it that I could if conditions were right for 
it here, but we have no slums, and surely you don't think 
that we aren't doing everything we can for Peggy. We 
have a trained nurse for her always, and we send for the 
doctor every time there's the least thing the matter with 
her — 

Mrs. Casey. Well, I couldn't afford a trained nurse for 
my children, but I sent for the doctor every time they was 
going to die. {She sighs heavily.) 

Mrs. Thompson. Oh — 

Mrs. Lennox. But you misunderstand, Mrs. Thompson. 
This Child Welfare movement concerns every child. 

Mrs. Black. Rich or poor, it doesn't matter. 

Mrs. Thompson. I can see it for the very poor, who live 
in the slums and are so very ignorant, but {shaking her 
head and smiling) — but not for my Peggy. 

Mrs. Black. But you say she lacks interest in things, 
and this might be just the thing needed to get her inter- 
ested. 



10 FOR THE SAKE OF PEGGY 

Mrs. Casey. Have you any chi4dren, Mrs. Black? 

Mrs. Black (in a low voice). No, I haven't. 

Mrs. Casey. Well, then, that's probably why you think 
this Child Welfare is so good. But theory and practice i . 
always different. After you've buried seven children the 
way I has, then you'll know what's good for them. And I 
agrees with Mrs. Thompson — this Child Welfare ain't for 
her Peggy. 

Mrs. Lennox {a little nettled at Mrs. Casey's interrnf- 
tions). But I am a mother, too, Mrs. Casey, and I consider 
this Child Welfare good for my three chilldren. 

Mrs. Casey. Yes, but your children be healthy, Mrs. 
Lennox, and healthy children don't count. It's us as has 
the ailing ones what knows. 

Mrs. Black. But, Mrs. Casey, do you really know what 
Child Welfare is? 

Mrs. Casey. Sure ! It's weighing and measuring, and 
sending notes home to the mothers and telling her what to 
feed thin Katie and what to starve fat Paddie, and I 
say no teacher nor nurse got no right to interfere with home 
affairs. Let the teacher look after the writing and reading, 
and let mothers look after the feeding. 

Mrs. Black. But perhaps the teacher and nurse have 
made more of a study of the care of children than the moth- 
ers have had time to do. 

Mrs. Casey. What ! Can old maids know more about 
children than what the instinct of the mother tells her ? Do 
you believe for one second any old maid nurse can tell me 
who has buried seven children how to take care of the 
blessed darlings? 

Mrs. Thompson (hastily). Oh, Mrs. Casey, we must 
admit that medical knowledge has increased wonderfully the 
last few years, and that it has shown that oftentimes the 
mother's instinct has done exactly the wrong thing for the 
child. I think I show by employing a trained nurse all the 
time and by calling in the doctor every little while that I 
trust more to science than I do to instinct. 



FOR THE SAKE OF PEGGY 11 

Mrs. Casey (changing front). Oh, sure, sure, Mrs. 
Thompson. I was only arguing for the sake of arguing. 

Mrs. THOMrsoN (to Mrs. Lennox and Mrs. Black). 
And that's the point I was trying to make. I know that 
Mrs. Lennox is interested in every idea that is new and 
advanced, and I presume you are also, Mrs. Black. And 
I should be interested, too, in this Child Welfare movement 
if I thought it were needed, either in my own home or 
among our people. But surely you will agree that Peggy 
is as well taken care of as any child can be, and as for the 
mill people — well, with all the improvements — the hospital, 
the shower baths, the reading rooms, the social clubs and 
all that Mr. Thompson has tried to do for the men, I should 
hate very much to see them go outside the mill for the care 
of their children. 

Mrs. Lennox. But, Mrs. Thompson, I am afraid you 
have been misinformed. The Child Welfare Movement is 
no more a charitable affair than the public school system is. 
Child Welfare aims to teach both the mothers and the chil- 
dren themselves how to look after the children's health, and 
I think the mill people understand this. I knozif that some 
of them want to bring their children to the Child Welfare 
meetings at the school. 

Mrs. Thompson (bitterly). Yes, I know they do, too. 
Why, one woman even came here yesterday afternoon — a 
Mrs. Stanika. She brought her little boy with her — he was 
as frail as my Peggy and my heart ached for her. He 
wouldn't eat the things he should have, either, and he had 
no interest in playing and he couldn't bear to have his 
mother out of his sight. She had lost a little girl a year 
ago, and she was afraid this boy was going the same way. 
And she wanted me to give her special permission to take 
him to the Child Welfare examinations at the school — she 
said she knew I was opposed to the mill women doing it. 
But of course I wouldn't let her. I don't think the mill 
people are quite that much in need of charity — and she 
cried. It was an awful ordeal for me. I sent her with a 
note to Dr. Merritt, asking him to do for her little bov as 



12 FOR THE SAKE OF PEGGY 

though it were for Peggy. More than that I couldn't do. 

Mrs. Casey. And enough I should think that was — and 
the nerve of a mill woman bothering you with her troubles, 
as if you ain't got none of your own ! 

Mrs. Thompson. Well, I want them to look upon me as 
their friend, of course. 

Mrs. Lennox. But, Mrs. Thompson, Child Welfare 
isn't a charitable institution, as I said before. Rich people 
are sponsoring the movement for their ozvn children. 

Mrs. Black. Yes, rich women in Boston and New York 
and Chicago are sending their children to Child Welfare 
classes. 

Mrs. Lennox. I understand your friend, Mrs. Strath- 
more, has been sending her little girl to Child Welfare 
classes now while she has been in Boston. 

Mrs. Thompson. Margaret Strathmore has sent Mary 
to Child Welfare classes! Why, Mary is as delicate as 
Peggy, and, if anything, Margaret has been even more care- 
ful of her than I have been of Peggy. 

Mrs. Casey. Well, Mrs. Strathmore can be telling you 
herself now whether she has or no. 

Mrs. Thompson. Yes, she'll be back in two or three 
days now. But how did you know? 

Mrs. Casey. Oh, ask me for news, if you want any. 
My friends say I know more than any newspaper as was 
ever printed. Then, maybe you'll be surprised to hear she's 
in tow^n now ? 

Mrs. Thompson. Mrs. Strathmore back! 

Mrs. Casey. She come on the noon train. I seen her 
go by. She looked stunning as ever, and not so worried like, 
and she had a little girl with her, and she — the little girl, I 
mean — looked something like Mary, but again she didn't, 
for she was so big and strong. 

Annie enters from the left, followed by Mrs. Strath- 
more and Mary. Mrs. Strathmore carries the handbag 
zmth the clmrt in it. Mary is a well behaved child who rc^ 
diates health. 



FOR THE SAKE OF PEGGY 13 

Mrs. Casey (quickly). Speaking of angels — 

Annie. Mrs. Strathmore, ma'am. (She zmthdraws I'm- 
geringly.) 

Mrs. Thompson {greeting Mrs. Strathmore affection- 
ately). Margaret, this is a surprise! I thought you wouldn't 
be here for several days yet. 

Mrs. Strathmore (smiling). We surprised everybody, 
even daddy, didn't we, Mary? 

Mrs. Thompson. Why, is this Mary? Really! What 
has happened? 

Mary. Oh, I've been getting well and strong ! 

Mrs. Strathmore {seeing the others and recognising 
Mrs. Lennox and Mrs. Casey. She takes Mrs. Lennox's 
hand). Oh, Mrs. Lennox, I am so glad to see you. I have 
so much to thank you for. {To Mrs. Thompson.) It was 
Mrs. Lennox, Emily, who is the cause of the change in 
Mary. I was complaining to her one day how weak Mary 
was, and she told me what Child Welfare education did for 
children. I was skeptical, I'll confess — I thought it was 
some kind of charity doing — but when we went to Boston, 
Mary had a sick spell and the doctor we had also advised 
me to take her to a Child Welfare class that was organ- 
ized there. I did — and you can see the result. 

Mrs. Lennox. Oh, I'm so glad, Mrs. Strathmore. Then 
perhaps you'll help us in organizing the work here. But I 
don't believe you've met Mrs. Black. She's new here, but 
very much interested in Child Welfare. 

Mrs. Strathmore {shaking hands). I'm glad to hear 
that, Mrs. Black. {To Mrs. Lennox.) Really, are you 
organizing here at last? You certainly can count on me. 
{To Mrs. Thompson.) You're taking an active part, aren't 
you, Emily? 

Mrs. Lennox {quickly). Mrs. Thompson isn't quite 
convinced yet, but just as soon as she is, I know she'll be 
our strongest support. 

Mrs. Thompson (falteringly). I don't believe I've been 
seeing it in the right light. 



14 FOR THE SAKE OF PEGGY 

Mrs. Strath more. Well, just look at Mary. Isn't that 
proof enough? 

Mary {holding up her arm to Mrs. Thompson). Just 
feel the muscle in my arm. Daddy was so surprised, and 
he says he's so proud he doesn't know what to do. But 
where's Peggy? 

Mrs. Thompson. She's in her room upstairs. She isn't 
feeling very well. 

Mrs. Strath more. Oh, that's too bad. Another one of 
her spells? 

Mrs. Thompson. Yes, just like Mary used to have. 

Mary. May I go up to her? 

Miss Sims, the nurse, appears at the door. 

Mrs. Thompson {in alarm). What is it, Miss Sims? 
There's nothing wrong with Peggy? 

Miss Sims {smiling). On the contrary, Peggy wants to 
know if she may come down here. She heard the voices 
and took a notion to see the people. 

Mrs. Thompson. Oh, I don't know. Isn't it too much 
excitement? What do you think? 

Mrs. Strathmore. Oh, let her come. It might be just 
the thing she needs. 

Miss Sims. I think myself it might do her good. She 
could sit in the arm chair over there. 

Mary. Oh, do let her come. 

Mrs. Thompson. All right, then. (Miss Sims turns to 

go.) 

Mary. I'm going to run and meet her. {She runs out 
after Miss Sims.) 

Mrs. Thompson. It's most unusual for Peggy to want 
to come where people are. 

Mrs. Strathmore. Mary was that way, too. Maybe 
Peggy's beginning to waken up. Because I think that's what 
she needs most — to get interested in things, and to want to 
1)e well herself. 

Mrs. Thompson. If Peggy could get as well as Mary, 
I'd try anything and do anything. 



FOR THE SAKE OF PEGGY 15 

Mrs. Casey {sententiottsly). Well, you never can tell 
what'U start things, can you, Mrs. Lennox? (Mrs. Len- 
nox merely smiles in answer.) 

Miss Sims and Mary appear at the door supporting 
Peggy between them. Peggy appears very wan and zvhite 
beside Mary. 

Mrs. Thompson (arranging the easy chair). Here, 
Peggy, dear. Now are you comfortable? See all the ladies 
here. You know them all, don't you, except Mrs. Black, 
who is a new lady in town. And Mary, isn't she big and 
strong? Wouldn't you like to be like her so that you can 
run out and play with the other children? 

(Peggy sJiyly nods her head up and down.) 

Mary (earnestly) . You can be well like me easy, Peggy. 
All you need to do is to eat the right things, and sleep 
regular hours with all the windows wide open and take the 
right exercises. (To Mrs. Strath more.) Then she'll get a 
muscle just like me, mother, won't she? (To Peggy, who 
gets quite interested.) Just feel it. Isn't it hard? Don't you 
want one like that in both arms, and surprise your daddy 
as I did mine? Oh. he was the most surprisedest daddy 
you ever saw. 

Peggy. Oh, mother, can I? 

Mrs. Thompson. Yes, dear, if you'll do what Mary did. 

Mary. Where's my chart, mother? (To Peggy.) I 
brought that over just to show you. 

Mrs. Strath more (smiling and drawing the folded chart 
from out of her handbag). This is INIary's Child Welfare 
Chart. It's pretty nearly her dearest possession. (To 
Mary.) Explain it to Peggy and the ladies. 

(The women draw near, zmthout obscuring Peggy and 
Mary from- the audience, and listen appreciatively zvhile 
Mary unfolds the chart and explains.) 

Mary. This chart shows how much I should weigh for 
my age. All these little squares are marked off for the 
days and the pounds, and this red line shows how much 
IVe lost or gained each day. You see how straight slant- 



16 FOR THE SAKE OF PEGGY 

ing the red line is litre — that shows for that week I didn't 
do anything wrong, and so I gained each day. There's a 
crook in it here — that day I ate too much candy and ice 
cream and so was sick — and I lost a whole half pound, 
wasn't it, mother? Then these three days we had company 
and I was so excited and wouldn't go to sleep like mother 
said, and then I lost this much. The other crooks you see are 
just teeny ones, for I didn't do things I shouldn't do for 
very long at one time. You see every week we gain or 
don't lose, we get a red star, and I wanted to have lots of 
red stars, so I was careful — and you see I got them. Oh. 
Peggy, you just ought to get a chart like this, and then 
you'll get well and strong — mother says I can go in swim-, 
ming next summer — and — and it's lots of fun getting the 
stars. 

Peggy. Isn't it Jiard getting the stars, though? 

Mary {thoughtfully). Yes, it is, sometimes. But then 
it gets easier after you get used to it, 

Peggy. Will I have to drink milk the way the doctor 
said? 

Mary {promptly). Sure. {Confidentially and oblivions 
of tJic older people.) But you'll get so you like it. I used 
to hate it, too, but when I saw how the other children that 
wouldn't drink it didn't get stars, I made up my mind I'd 
like it, and now / really do. And you will, too. 

Peggy. Really, will I ? 

Mary {decisively). I'll bet you anything. And just feel 
that muscle again. 

Peggy {looking iip at Jier mother zvitJi eager eyes). Oh, 
mother, may I have a chart right away? 

Mrs. Thompson. We'll see, dear. If they have any in 
town, we'll get one just as soon as we can. 

Mrs. Lennox. They have them over at the school. In 
fact, they organized a class of a few children whose moth- 
ers were interested, only about two weeks ago. I didn't 
think of it before, but it's probably that class your mill 
woman wanted her little boy to join. 

Mrs. Thompson. And I didn't let her! Well, I'll get 



FOR THE SAKE OF PEGGY 17 

all the mill women to join now, and all the women who I 
thought were too rich, too. 

Mary (to Peggy). But you know when you have a chart 
it's more fun if you join a class instead of doing it at home 
by yourself. (To Mrs. Strathmore.) Mother, I may join 
here, too, mayn't I, and then I can look after Peggy? 
(Mrs. Strathmore smiles her assent.) 

Mrs. Casey. Now ain't she the darlint ? 

Mrs. Thompson. Will you go with Mary to the class, 
dear? 

Peggy. Oh, yes. Tomorrow morning, mother? 

Mrs. Thompson. We'll see when they have it. 

Mrs. Strathmore. If you aren't convinced, Emily, you 
could go over to the class and see it first yourself. 

Mrs. Thompson (quickly). Anything that helped Mary 
that way convinces me. 

Mrs. Lennox (smiling). Why not make absolutely sure 
right now? It must be just about closing time for the 
school. I know Miss Brown, the teacher in charge of the 
class in health training. Why not ask her to have the 
pupils stop in here and show what they look like? The 
school's only a block away, so it won't be any inconvenience 
for them. (To Mrs. Thompson.) Unless you mind having 
them here? 

Mrs. Thompson (cordially). Oh, not at all! 

Peggy. Oh, yes, mother ! 

Mary (clapping her hands). And maybe they'll do their 
exercises or sing something ! 

Mrs. Lennox. All right, then, I'll telephone. It's in the 
hall, isn't it? (She goes out.) 

Mrs. Casey. Well, now, who'd ever think that science 
could do more than a mother's instincts 

Mrs. Strathmore. Yes, it's wonderful what medical 
study is able to do. Really there are mighty few children 
who need be sickly today — if only we grown-ups would 
realize it. 

(Mrs. Casey suddenly puts her handkerchief up to Jicr 
eyes and starts to rock back and forth.) 



18 FOR THE SAKE OF PEGGY 

Mrs. Thompson (going to her and putting her arm 
across her shoulder). Why, Mrs. Casey, what's the matter? 

Mrs. Casey (stopping her rocking and drying her eyes). 
Oh, I know this ain't no time to be crying, but it just come 
over me all in a flash — maybe if I'd had more science and 
less instinct, I'd still had my seven children. (She sighs 
deeply.) 

Mrs. Lennox (returning). I got Aliss Brown right 
away and she's perfectly willing to come. I asked her to 
have the children bring their health charts with them, and 
they'll be here in less than five minutes. 

Annie appears from the right. 

Annie (to Mrs. Thompson). It's that woman from the 
mill, ma'am — the one that was here yesterday. She's come 
again and says she must see you. 

Mrs. Thompson. Mrs. Slanika? Oh, I'm so glad. Tell 
her to come right in here. 

Annie's eyes seek Mrs. Lennox, zuho makes a slight 
nod, and Annie beckons happily tozvard the right exit, and 
Mrs. Stanika, holding Joseph tightly by the hand, comes 
in haltingly. Annie goes out slozdy. 

Mrs. Stanika. I ain't want to bother you again yet, 
Mis' Thompson, but it's Joseph. He cry all the time for 
some paper with red lines in school they have. 

Mary. This? (She holds up the chart.) 

(Joseph tugs yes at his mother's skirt.) 

Mrs. Stanika (her eyes lighting). Ja, that's him! (To 
Mrs. Thompson.) Please, Mis' Thompson. 

Mrs. Thompson (zvinningly). I've changed my mind 
since yesterday, Mrs. Stanika, and I find that the Child 
Welfare health classes are a good thing. So you can take 
your Joseph and I'll take my Peggy and all the mill women 
can take their children. 

Mrs. Stanika (hardly believing her ears). I can take 
him ! I can take him ! (Sinking dozmi on the nearest chair, 
she folds Joseph convulsively to her.) Oh, now my Joseph 
live! He no die like Marie — :he live! 



FOR THE SAKE OF PEGGY 19 

Annie relieves the strain of the situation after a moment 
by appearing at the door. 

Annie. A lot of children, ma'am. 

■ Mrs. Thompson. We're expecting them. Show them 
right in. 

The children come trooping in, followed by Miss Brown. 
They have their charts rolled in their hands. For a moment 
they look around a little azi^kzi^ardly. Annie stays in the 
room for the rest of the play. 

Mary (in a friendly tone). Oh, you have your charts. 
This is mine. 

(The children unroll their charts and show them around. 
The zvomen mix zvith the children and ask them questions 
in low tones. There is no restraint in this scene.) 

First Girl (to Mary). Oh, you've got lots of stars on 
yours ! 

Mary. Well, I've had mine longer than you've had yours. 

First Girl. I'm going to get a star every week. 

First Boy. So'm I, 

Second Girl (to Peggy). Haven't you a chart? 

Peggy (shyly). Not yet. 

Second Boy. Oh, Miss Brown, Peggy hasn't a chart ! 

Miss Brown. I have an extra one here for her. 

Peggy. Oh, thank you. (A group crozvd around to ex- 
plain it.) 

Third Girl. Oh, Miss Brown, this little boy hasn't any, 
either. 

Miss Brown. Here's one for him, too. 

Mrs. Stanika. Oh, thanks, thanks. 

Third Boy (to Mrs. Casey). And when I get big, I'm 
going to be so big I can't go through the door. 

Fourth Boy. I'm going to be bigger than that — I'm 
going to be as big as the policeman on the corner (or the 
best-knozim large man in tozvn). 

Fourth Girl (to Mrs. Black). I brush my teeth every 
day without mother telling me to. 



20 FOR THE SAKE OF PEGGY 

Fifth Girl (to Mrs. Lennox). I go to bed at eight 
o'clock without crying any more. 

Sixth Girl (to Mrs. Thompson). And I eat cereal 
now, too. 

Miss Brown. Well, children, shall we show Peggy and 
Joseph our drill ? 

(The children quickly arrange themselves in the center 
of the stage for the drill. Mrs. Stanika_, with Joseph 
standing beside her, has taken a seat at the extreme lower 
left of the stage, and Peggy is in her arm chair at the ex- 
treme lower right, with Miss Sims and Mary standing 
beside her. The other women ore in the back. The chil- 
dren give all or part of the follozmng drill or march and 
then sing ''Ho, Ho, Child Welfare Days Are Here.") 

Mary (as soon as they have finished, calling across to 
Joseph). Isn't it fun, Joseph? 

Mrs. Stanika (in a prophetic voice, holding Joseph 
close to her). It is life! 

Curtain. 



FOR THE SAKE OF PEGGY 



21 



HO, HO, CHILD WELFARE DAYS ARE HERE. 



^(faay Ti'mt, 




1. Ho, bo, Child Wel-fare days are here, Tra la, tra la, tra lal 

2. Ho, ho, for milk and wholesome fruit, Tra la, tra la, tra lal 

3. Ho, ho, to bed we now do go, Tra la, tra la, tra lal 

4. Ho, ho, Child Wei -fare days are here, Tra la, tra la, tra lat 




We wel- come them with right good cheer, Tra la, tra la, tra lal 

Have made us each a health re-cruit, Tra la, tra la, tra la! 

At eight, or half-past eight or so, Tra la, tra la, tra lal 

To make us strong -er ev - 'ry year, Tra la, tra la, tra lal 




They teach us health to make our creed, And how from illness to be freed. 
Candy, cream-puffs, cakes and pies. Too much of these we now de - spise. 
Without a whimper, cry or tease, And night air never makes us sneeze. 

Each boy and girl they give a chance, No matter what his circumstance. 




Ho, ho. Child Wel - fare days are here, 

Ho, ho, for milk and wholesome fruit. 

Ho, ho, to bed we now do go. 

Ho, ho, Child Wel - fare days are here. 



Tra la, tra la, tra lal 

Tra la, tra la, tra lal 

Tra la, tra la, tra lal 

Tra la, tra la, tra 1»I 



22 FOR THE SAKE OF PEGGY 

SUGGESTIONS FOR FANCY MARCHING. 
I. — On the Curve. 

1. With a single file start from corner of stage, form a 
circle, then keep making smaller circles until the leader 
reaches the C. of stage, when all reverse and unwind in 
curves parallel to those made in winding, thus forming a 




2. Starting from the back corner of stage, keeping quite 
close together, form a snake thus: 

ilRAA. 

3. Starting from C. of side of stage, form a 

jf^^-^ /' — ^ Each one on the first half of the line step- 
•^ \ \ P^i^g' ii^ front of the corresponding mem- 

"^ A y her on the last half of the line where the 

X*.^^ \.-^ file crosses at C. 

4. Starting In each case from the C. of stage, form the 
two following figures : 





5. Starting from C. of back of stage, taking care to pass 
each other (as in No. 3) gracefully and without confusion 
where the line crosses in forming the loops, the file is led 
to form : 





FOR THE SAKE OF PEGGY 



23 



II.— Straight Lines. 

Starting in each case at the back of the stage, from the 
center (or near it) or either R.. or L. corner, as the illus- 
tration shows, form the following figures: 



?UW 




III. — Double File. 

Starting in each case from the C. of back of stage the 
couples march as follows : 



O 



At C. of front of stage one couple turns to right, second 
to left, third to right, and so on; pass up sides of stage, 
and from the corners of back they form the following : 








24 FOR THE SAKE OF PEGGY 

Couples meet at C. of back of stage, and forming fours 
march thus: 




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